unless you provide a video link showing these protestors doing these things I don't believe that, especially not when the link you provided a link to an obvious rightwing blog site.

and newsflash for you, those protestors don't represent liberals. Most are war protestors and protestors who think BOTH parties SUCK. It's just that the RNC represent the current administration so they are bearing the brunt of their protests.

unless you provide a video link showing these protestors doing these things I don't believe that, especially not when the link you provided a link to an obvious rightwing blog site.

and newsflash for you, those protestors don't represent liberals. Most are war protestors and protestors who think BOTH parties SUCK. It's just that the RNC represent the current administration so they are bearing the brunt of their protests.

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Yet you have no problem claiming every loon that shoots people is a right winger and the republican party is responsible. Go figure.

But once the main antiwar march had finished, splinter groups embarked on a violent rampage, smashing windows, slashing car tyres, throwing bottles and even attacking Republican delegates attending the nearby Xcel Centre.

Many of those involved identified themselves to reporters as anarchists. These protesters, some clad in black, wreaked havoc by damaging property and starting at least one fire.

Police on Friday raid the hall rented by a group planning to protest the Republican National Convention.

The RNC Welcoming Committee, which describes itself as "anarchist/anti-authoritarian," accused St. Paul police of trying to disrupt their protest planned for Monday, the day the GOP convention is set to begin.

Although no one was arrested, the group said police temporarily detained and photographed at least 50 people who were inside the building.

St. Paul Police spokesman Tom Walsh said they were executing a search warrant.

"The cause for the search warrant is not public at this time," Walsh said.As many as 30 police officers entered with guns drawn, according to witnesses in the building

By the time they were through with their impromptu protest Monday afternoon, they were right.

A Minneapolis police car sat gutted after protesters smashed its windows as a horde of police finally caught up with them nearly two hours after the melee began.

Police were broadsided by the protest and opted to contain, rather than conclude, the unsanctioned demonstration-turned-riot.

Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said police arrested around 100 protesters throughout Monday afternoon, and media outlets reported more than 283 people had been arrested, including 129 on felonies, as of press of time.

Deciding the route block-by-block based on which paths were least populated by police, the black-clad anarchist group stormed the streets of St. Paul with media members in tow, knocking over newspaper boxes and street-side garbage cans to block roadways.

Roadway blockers became the least of concerns when the group dug bricks out of landscaped areas and threw them at windows.

At one point, smoke bombs billowed and the smell and sting of pepper spray filled the air as protesters smashed windows in nearby buildings, including the First National Bank Building and Macy&#8217;s.

About a dozen police cars rolled up Sixth Street, and the anarchists ran to an intersection with a barricade to block advancing authorities. One jumped on the hood and roof of a squad car before rejoining the mob.

One squad car swerved to the side, and protesters smashed all its windows before scurrying into a full parking lot. They dodged cars and slinked through an alley without police pursuit, bringing the riot to an abrupt end.

After that, the more violent protest seemed to dissipate. Police beefed up security around the scheduled, peaceful parade following the earlier fracas; riot police lined streets and pushed security barriers back a half-block.

Protesters and police clash again

A group of protesters calling themselves the Anti-Capitalist Block clashed briefly with riot police before many were detained at Shepard Road under the St. Paul bluffs.

Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at the group at the intersection at Jackson St reet and Shepard, after demonstrators sought entry onto the street.

The crowd then retreated in the other direction for about 15 minutes, followed closely by the advancing riot police firing smoke bombs and tear gas with some demonstrators banging on passing cars.

A volunteer medic calling himself Garth, an EMT from Oregon, said he treated &#8220;tens and tens&#8221; of injuries from tear gas and rubber bullets during the confrontation.

Demonstrator and University senior Jess Wenstrom said the violent police reaction was unprovoked.

&#8220;We were all walking on the sidewalk legally,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We were just yelling, &#8216;We&#8217;re peaceful, stop tear gassing us,&#8217; and we&#8217;d run and the tear gas would be on both sides.&#8221;

At the intersection at Ontario Street , lines of riot and mounted police refused the demonstrators passage, trapping them between two lines of law enforcement.

About an hour after the initial confrontation, police made an announcement that everyone between police lines was under arrest.

Instead, police handcuffed some detainees for arrest while releasing others in groups of about 50 about every 15 minutes.

Wenstrom, who was one of those detained and was later released, said police tactics were heavy-handed.

&#8220;We should be allowed to be downtown protesting if we want,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We pay taxes on these streets; these are our streets.&#8221;

The trouble happened not far from the Xcel Energy Center convention site, and many of those involved in the more violent protest were clad in black and identified themselves to reporters as anarchists.

the main antiwar march was peaceful, police said, estimating about 10,000 people participated. Late Monday afternoon, long after the antiwar marchers had dispersed, police requested and got 150 Minnesota National Guard soldiers to help control splinter groups near downtown

The large antiwar march was organized by a group called the Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War, whose leaders said they hoped for a peaceful, family-friendly event. But police were on high alert after months of preparations by a self-described anarchist group called the RNC Welcoming Committee, which wasn't among the organizers of the march.

"Unfortunately today, a very small handful of individuals decided to break the law, damage property, and put people's safety at risk," Mayor Chris Coleman said.

About 180 protesters who weren't part of the march caused trouble, St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington said.

I would liken these anarchists to those same type of individuals who protest at abortion clinics. Bombing them, harassing, assaulting and otherwise wreching havoc on behalf of their own agenda. Do you want ALL conservatives lumped into a category with those nutters? if not, then don't say those idiots represent liberals as a whole cuz they don't.

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